Sequoia National Park

Last weekend while my parents were visiting we decided to take a break from working on the new old chair and go for a picnic. It had been years since either my parents (they actually honeymooned there 42 years ago) or I had been to Sequoia National park and Zachary had never been. The park is only about 1.5 hours from where we live. Emily was so excited to go for a picnic and had an absolute blast when we were there. She pretty much ran wherever we went and throughly enjoyed being outdoors. She loved climbing on all the big rocks with Daddy and letting him hang her upside down over the little creeks. In the 2nd picture Emily is sitting in front of The General Sherman Tree. It is known as the largest tree in the world. It is about a .5 mile hike down to see the tree and descends about 200 feet. The walk was good but we decided to take the easy way out and take the shuttle back up to the top which Emily thought was great fun! It was such a fun day and even better that my parents were able to enjoy it with us!

Height above Base 274.9ft

Circumference at Ground 102.6ft

Maximum Diameter at Base 36.5ft

Diameter 60' (18.3 m) above base 17.5ft

Diameter 180' (54.9 m) above base 14.0ft

Diameter of Largest Branch 6.8ft

Height of First Large Branch above the Base 130.0ft

Average Crown Spread 106.5ft